Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-19
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Answer 4.


A Pertinent Qasry end the Assswps nsAs to
Answer IT.
From tho Boston Herald.
This question Ii asked oftener than It II
answered. II is time that Il was answered,
and unless It in answered TO the whole nature
of man, there II nothing but the traditions
OF childhood or the motives Of respectability
or intellectual curiosity to take the average
individual to the house Of God on Sunday
morning. 1t 10 said with good reason that
you 60 to church to hear sermons, but ser
mon IL nothing but an address TO the inteiloct,
or to the heart through the intellect The
sermon In . means TO an end It IL not the
end itself 1t Ii placed at the end OF the Sun.
day performances q II Il were the big thing
OF the occasion, but its real place 10 at the be.
ginning OF the service, where IL can bo used
~ leverage for action. The English uni.
versity plan Of frequently using preaching
occasions for sermons only In . sound method,
~ distinguished from OCCASIONS where the
object 10 worship exclusively. 1t would not
be bad plan II, In our Protestant churches,
tho sermon were put first, 20 that Whatever
force the preacher created might be brought
to some practical result in ministrations TO
our spiritual nature, instead of beins-whst
1t commonly IL to dsy-the part Of the enter
tainment that tickles the ear and pleases
the fancy. But in this case tho miserable
farce which IL now called worship would
have to give way for something thaI has 70.
ality and sincerity In II, and could not IN
any sense be called . makeship Worship u
not muPical entertainment neither IL ii au
instruction neither u 1t specially intended
to please the audience that listens TO It 1t n
an exercise In which, in . public capacity,
nize the presence Of God In the world, II
society, and In his own heart
The private worship 10 through prayer and
meditation, and the escape OF the soul from
worship IN the union OF one soul with another
for the purpose OF common devotion. The
individual purpose 10 still retained, but It 10
realized In sets In which all Join In Q sort Of
harmony. The purpose u % recognize the
presence OF God. In . collective way. He 70
not only the father Of . man, but OF men
He IL the head OF the order of shinga This q
TO be expressed, and 1t 10 to be expressed -
much BY what one does - by what one sayA
man II 70 pray with the heart and with the
iervor, and the understanding means the In.
tellectual and spiritual process Both 20 TO-
gether, and public worship 10 that sort OF ex.
pression OF the spiritual life where one per.
son catches inspiration from the devotion OF
his neighbor, and all present join In what
IL conceived TO be the ex preston OF tho rev.
erence one should have for the Supreme
Being, and the humility OF manner which
AuouuoBS ASoCu Al So0 COuI0oolOu VI oIU 0uu IN
the desire for the possession OF . right heart
before Him. Nothing can be real until one
has put himself into this attitude OF devotion.
1t 10 ~ neceaaary TO have command OF ones
nature IN entering upon sSsious
able whom he enters Q drawing room. The
only difference 10 that In the tormer caae the
preparation is of the spirit, while In the latter
It 10 the demeanOr OF the outward man. The
ides OF being entertained 10 not gsrmsne to
The great thing 10 70 reach that natural and
expressive language OF devotion which 10 the
suitable chsnRel for the soul In its going
forth, - 1t were. into the presence OF God.
vice is extremely ample and follows the
lines OF emotional expression; again 1t 10
reached by . formal worship In which ehe
parts are arranged with the view OF awaken
TO the touch Of the spirit Of God. In either
case there 10 Response which he's the effect
OF bringing our weak and imperfect nature
into new condition, whore one escapes from
himself - he vas and sntsrs into Q higher
:tate, where hs finds the peace Of God, which
n said to pass mans understanding. This u
NOT difhcult matter when one really seeks
II and II 70 here that people dnd true help
and comfort in going TO church. The real
.os :aosd 0s 70 u: ns: e ".
soul, and In the alteration OF our whole M.
ture. The help OF the worship ID in the com.
mnnion OF the soul with God. Where entsr.
tainment OF man u the apparent object, this
higher expression OF the relation Of man 10
GOD y lost sight Of and It 10 because our
Protestant churches have already lost the
characteristics Of the Christian Worship, and
use the Lords Day for vagariss that entertain
the multitude. that people are every where
asking why they should 70 tochurob. Until
this state OF things u thoroughly reformed,
| the Christian sorvices In most nlscGo OF Vog
ship will fall 70 b help 70 the spiritual iiis
| Of those who attend them.